Our Team
What do the letters mean after a therapist’s name?
Amanda Mitchell,
LCPC, BC-DMT
Areas of Expertise: Couples, Dance/Movement Therapy, Individual, Group
Languages: English
Cara Paden,
MM, MT-BC
Areas of Expertise: Music Therapy, Individual, Child/Family, Group
Languages: English
Ciera Shimkus,
LCPC
Areas of Expertise: Individual, Expressive Arts Therapy, Child/Family, Group
Languages: English
Cree Noble,
MA Counseling and Drama Therapy Intern
Areas of Expertise: Drama Therapy, Individual, Child/Family, Group
Languages: English
Erin Howe,
MA, BC-DMT
Areas of Expertise: Dance/Movement Therapy, Individual, Child/Family, Group
Languages: English
Jordan Ferranto,
LCPC, ATR
Areas of Expertise: Couples, Art Therapy, Individual, Intimacy Counseling, Group
Languages: English
Katy O’Hanlon Bruns,
DMT & Counseling Intern
Areas of Expertise: Individual, Dance/Movement Therapy, Group
Languages: English
Sabrina Basaria,
Art Therapy & Counseling Intern
Areas of Expertise: Individual, Art Therapy, Child/Family, Group
Languages: English, Hindi/Urdu, Spanish
Sara Heidbreder,
LCPC, BC-DMT, GL-CMA
Areas of Expertise: Dance/ Movement Therapy, Individual, Child/Family, Group
Languages: English, Japanese
Sondra Mailling,
LCPC, BC-DMT, GL-CMA
Areas of Expertise: Dance/Movement Therapy, Individual, Group
Languages: English, American Sign Language
License Levels
You may have noticed in our bios that each therapist has letters after those names. What do these letters mean? Some of them relate to levels of licensure in Illinois:
- LPC or licensed professional counselor is a masters-level therapist who is working under the supervision of a more experienced therapist. They are working towards completing supervised clinical hours in order to obtain the next level of licensure, which is…
- LCPC or licensed clinical professional counselor is a masters-level therapist who has completed their supervised hours and has worked in the field for the equivalent of at least two years, full-time.
- Counseling intern is a student in a masters in counseling program who is working under the close supervision of an LCPC.
Other letters listed in our therapists’ bios indicate their credentials as creative arts therapists.
- ATR or registered art therapist is a masters-level therapist who has completed art therapy training and has worked in the field for the equivalent of at least two years, full-time, under the supervision of another ATR.
- BC-DMT or board-certified dance/movement therapist is a masters-level therapist who has completed dance/movement therapy training and has worked in the field for the equivalent of at least two years, full-time, under the supervision of another BC-DMT.
- MT-BC or board certified music therapist is a bachelor’s level therapist who has completed at least 1200 hours under the supervision of a music therapist. All our music therapists are at master’s level and have completed another 2 years of education to receive a masters of music therapy that can be identified as “MM” or ” MA”.
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